Thread: Airtel Fair Usage Policy

Airtel one of the most preferred ISP in India has resorted to capping the data limits of unlimited plans. And they are citing it as Airtel Fair Usage policy. Similar schemes were made famous by Comcast in the US, which had raised much hue and cry and ultimately lead to broadband metering system in the continent. An oddity of the policy is that subscribers weren't informed about it and was first noticed by some sharp eyed users who noticed the speeds being reduced to exact half of what they had experienced the previous day. The following limits have been in place from Feb 7th :

128 kbps = 10 GB download limit per month
256 kbps = 15 GB download limit per month
384 kbps = 20 GB download limit per month
512 kbps = 25 GB download limit per month
1 Mbps = 150 GB download limit per month

Airtel screws unlimited plan users

Discussions are being held on http://www.indiabroadband.net/airtel...g-15gb-mo.html (1/2 Speed for Those Using 15gb+/Mo)

Is there any official announcement for this??

If its true then its bullsh**

But in my case my speed is same as it was before so i have nothing to worry about

****.. really bad news man...I have a 384 Kbps connection and I download atleast 80 GB per month and the same amount of upload. This is crap...!!!

Originally Posted by player

Is there any official announcement for this??

If its true then its bullsh**

But in my case my speed is same as it was before so i have nothing to worry about

Like mentioned in http://www.indiabroadband.net/airtel...tml#post115179 (1/2 Speed for Those Using 15gb+/Mo) please contact your CC. They will explain the details to u.

did you got any official explanation yet ?? from the cc? i fear this may be a trend to be followed by other ISPs also ..

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

did you got any official explanation yet ?? from the cc? i fear this may be a trend to be followed by other ISPs also ..

Airtel and Sify are the ISPs which had planned to implement this for their UL customers, the only difference being Airtel implementing it with immediate effect.

how is the data limited capped if the download continues to remain unlimited? Seems like it’s only the speed which gets affected. I don’t mind since I don’t do so much downloading anyhow. Of course, for the rest, tough luck pal! My sympathies!

Originally Posted by kritikhare

how is the data limited capped if the download continues to remain unlimited? Seems like it’s only the speed which gets affected. I don’t mind since I don’t do so much downloading anyhow. Of course, for the rest, tough luck pal! My sympathies!

The data is not capped. Only the speed of the connection is halved.

Ahh i just noticed my first post. Indeed i had typed data is being capped. Sorry for the inconvenience occurred if any.

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

did you got any official explanation yet ?? from the cc? i fear this may be a trend to be followed by other ISPs also ..

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what is this "speed on demand" indicated by aiterl and what are the rates

They haven't updated their website.But if this news is true then it will be sad indeed to have restrictions on 'unlimited' plans.

Originally Posted by justcurio.us

They haven't updated their website.But if this news is true then it will be sad indeed to have restrictions on 'unlimited' plans.

They have started intimidating the users through email and snail mail. U must be getting the same with your next Airtel broadband bill.

for most of the users, this would not be applicable.
and for those where it matters, they would simply shift to other ISP, most likely BSNL.
so finally airtel would be the loser.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

for most of the users, this would not be applicable.
and for those where it matters, they would simply shift to other ISP, most likely BSNL.
so finally airtel would be the loser.

My prayer is that BSNL does not include such tactics as this in their future plans. Airtel is known to introduce such gimmicks and all other ISPs follow it. The introduction of Sandvine Bittorrent throttling is one perfect example.

these are really ominous signs for broadband in india ... we are praying for high speed connections everyday and now the speeds are being reduced instead ..

[QUOTE=cool_techie_tvm;114923]Airtel one of the most preferred ISP in India has resorted to capping the data limits of unlimited plans. And they are citing it as Airtel Fair Usage policy. Similar schemes were made famous by Comcast in the US, which had raised much hue and cry and ultimately lead to broadband metering system in the continent. An oddity of the policy is that subscribers weren't informed about it and was first noticed by some sharp eyed users who noticed the speeds being reduced to exact half of what they had experienced the previous day. The following limits have been in place from Feb 7th :

128 kbps = 10 GB download limit per month
256 kbps = 15 GB download limit per month
384 kbps = 20 GB download limit per month
512 kbps = 25 GB download limit per month
1 Mbps = 150 GB download limit per month



Cur the Crap. I have 512 unlimited (night 1mbps) and my download exceeded 100 GB last month. I didn't observe any decrease in speed.. its all fake!

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